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By now the metal stream had run to the edge of the cast-house and was falling spatteringly into a ladle ten feet below.

From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford

Little spurts of water flew spatteringly from under the affectionate palm, and Elizabeth shook her bare hand to free it from the wet hairs which adhered to it, laughing at her rainsoaked condition.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.